Boot-drying apparatus.



PATENTED JULY 9,1907.

8.3. PBABODY. BOOT DRYING APPARATUS.

APBLIOATION FILED APR. 2,1907.

101272366 e 5.: I J m}; Z lbw UNITED STATES SHERMAN B. PEABODY, OFMANSONVILLE, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BOOT-DRYING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed April 2, 1907. Serial No. 366,044.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN B. PEABODY, of Mansonville, county of Brome,Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented an Improvement inBoot-Drying Apparatus, of which the following de scription, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likecharacters on the drawings representing like parts.

Rubber boots, overshoes and similar foot wear are usually lined withtextile material of some description and when wet inside, a long time isrequired for the lining to dry, and in the case of unlined boots andshoes a long time is required to dry them out when they become Wetinside.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and efiicientdevice by which a boot or shoe of any description, lined or unlined, maybe dried out in case it becomes wet on the inside, the operation beingquickly performed and without injury to the article.

The invention consists in the combination with means for supporting aboot in inverted position and for delivering heated air to the insidethereof, and means for withdrawing the heated air from the boot bysuction. The means for withdrawing the heated air by suction consists ofa tube extending up into the boot and a tube extending up along theoutside of the boot to a point above the top of the inside tube, saidtubes being in open communication with each other at their lower ends.

The invention also consists in constructing the bootsupport in suchmanner that it may be placed on a heated surface, as for instance, on astove, and the heat directed up into the boot, and when cooperating withthe tubes aforesaid will establish and maintain a circulation of dry airinto and out of the boot.

Figure 1 shows in side elevation a boot drying apparatus embodying thisinvention. Fig. 2 is-a vertical section of the boot drying apparatusshown in Fig, 1, having arranged thereon a boot in inverted position.

The boot-support a, as herein shown, is made tubular and conical and ofany suitable dimensions to receive upon it the boot to be dried, theboot being placed thereon in inverted position, as shown in Fig. 2. Thissupport may be made of sheet metal. Its base is made quite large inorder that it may be placed on a flat surface and maintained in uprightposition. In practice it is usually placed upon a heated surface, as forinstance, upon a stove, and, in such case,the heat passes up through thesupport into the boot. The tubular support may have near its lower end aplurality of holes for the inlet of air to assist in establishing andmaintaining an upward draft, and said support may also have near itsupper end a plurality of holes for the pas sage of the heat into thefoot portion of the boot. This form of boot-support is simple toconstruct and very efiicient, as it provides for supporting the boot aswell as the apparatus itself, and also provides for establishing andmaintaining an upward current of air into the boot, but I do not desireto limit my invention to this form of boot-support, as it is obviousthat other forms of support may be constructed, adapted to support theboot in inverted position.

A tube 12 is arranged to extend up into the boot any desirable distance,but preferably beyond the top of the tubular support and another tube 0is arranged to extend up along the outside of the boot, and said tubesare connected together at their lower ends so as to be in opencommunication.

The inside tube b is connected with the support by solder, or otherwise,for the purpose of supporting it,

together with the outside tube which is connected with it, but saidtubes may be otherwise supported so far as my invention is concerned.These tubes act to carry off the steam and heated air by suction and inconnection with the tubular support to establish and maintain acirculation of air into and out of the boot. The tubes may be made ofsheet metal or may be otherwise formed. The outside tube 0 extends up aconsiderable distance above the top of the inside tube b in order thatthe heated air may be withdrawn by suction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as-new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a boot drying apparatus, the combination with means for supportinga boot in inverted position, of a tube extending up into the boot and atube extending up along the outside of the boot, and terminating abovethe top of the inside tube, said tubes being connected together and inopen communication at their lower ends, substantially as described.

2. In a boot drying apparatus, the combination of a tubular supportadapted to support a boot or other article in inverted position, and todeliver heated air to the inside thereof, a tube extending up into theboot and a tube extending up along the outside of the boot andterminating above the top of the inside tube, said tubes being connectedtogether and in open communication at their lower ends, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a boot drying apparatus, the combination of means for supporting aboot in inverted position, and for delivering heated air to the insidethereof, a tube attached to 5 establishing open communication betweenthem, substantially as described.

4. In a boot drying apparatus, the combination with means for supportingthe boot in inverted position, of a suction pipe extending up into theboot and also up along 10 the outside from the boot to a point above thetop of the portion extending up into the boot whereby heated aircontained in the boot is withdrawn by suction, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. 15

SHERMAN B. PEABODY.

Witnesses:

B. J. Noyns, H. B. DAVIS.

